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Micronesian Swiftlet
Aerodramus inquietus (Kittlitz, FH 1858)
The island swiftlet, also known as the Caroline swiftlet, Micronesian swiftlet, or Caroline Islands swiftlet, is a species of swift in the family Apodidae. Some taxonomists consider it to be a subspecies of the uniform swiftlet. It is endemic to the Caroline Islands, and its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Apodiformes
Family:
Apodidae
Genus:
Aerodramus
Scientific:
Aerodramus inquietus
Original description
Citation:
(Kittlitz, FH 1858)
Reference:
Denkw. Reise russ. Amer. Mikron. Kamtschat.
2 p.26
Protonym:
Cypselus inquietus
Type locality:
Ualan, Caroline Islands.
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
FEC866D0AAE88033
Avibase ID:
avibase-FEC866D0
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/FEC866D0
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 554965
Geographic range:
- Aerodramus inquietus: Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, and Kosrae (central and eastern Caroline Islands, central Micronesia)
- Aerodramus inquietus inquietus: Kosrae (Caroline Islands)
- Aerodramus inquietus rukensis: central Caroline Islands (Yap and Chuuk)
- Aerodramus inquietus ponapensis: Pohnpei (eastern Caroline Islands)
Source: Clements checklist
Micronesian Swiftlet
Catalan:
Salangana de les illes Carolines
Czech:
salangana karolinská
Danish:
Carolinersalangan
German:
Karolinensalangane
Spanish:
Salangana de las Carolinas
Spanish (Spain):
Salangana de las Carolinas
Finnish:
karoliiniensalangaani
French:
Salangane des Carolines
Croatian:
mikronezijska čiopica
Hungarian:
karolina-szigeteki szalangána
Italian:
Salangana delle Caroline
Japanese (romaji):
karorin'anatsubame
Japanese:
カロリンアナツバメ
Lithuanian:
Karolininis erodramas
Dutch:
Carolinensalangaan
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Karolinesalangan
Norwegian:
Karolinesalangan
Polish:
salangana mikronezyjska
Portuguese:
salangana-das-carolinas
Portuguese (Portugal):
andorinhão-das-carolinas
Russian:
Каролинская салангана
Slovak:
salangána mikronézska
Serbian:
Čiopica sa Karolinskih ostrva
Swedish:
karolinersalangan
Ukrainian:
Салангана каролінська
Chinese:
卡罗琳金丝燕
Chinese (Traditional):
加羅林金絲燕
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Micronesian Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Micronesian Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Micronesian Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Micronesian Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Micronesian Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Micronesian Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Micronesian Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Micronesian Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Micronesian Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Micronesian Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Micronesian Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Micronesian Swiftlet ( Collocalia inquieta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Micronesian Swiftlet ( Collocalia inquieta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Micronesian Swiftlet ( Collocalia inquieta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Micronesian Swiftlet ( Collocalia inquieta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Micronesian Swiftlet ( Collocalia inquieta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Micronesian Swiftlet ( Collocalia inquieta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Micronesian Swiftlet ( Collocalia inquieta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Micronesian Swiftlet ( Collocalia inquieta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Micronesian Swiftlet ( Collocalia inquieta) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Caroline Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Caroline Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Caroline Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Caroline Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Caroline Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Caroline Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Caroline Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Caroline Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Caroline Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Caroline Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Caroline Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Caroline Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Caroline Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Salangane des Carolines ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Salangane des Carolines ( Aerodramus inquieta) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| Clements, version 2022: Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| Clements, version 2023: Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| Clements, version 2024: Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| Clements 4th edition: Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Collocalia inquieta) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| Clements, version 2015: Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| Clements, version 2016: Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| Clements, version 2017: Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| Clements, version 2018: Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| Clements, version 2019: Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| eBird version 1.50: Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| eBird version 2015: Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| eBird version 2016: Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| eBird version 2017: Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| eBird version 2018: Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| eBird version 2019: Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| eBird version 2021: Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| eBird version 2022: Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| eBird version 2023: Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| eBird version 2024: Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Caroline Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Caroline Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Caroline Islands Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Caroline Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Caroline Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Caroline Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Caroline Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Caroline Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Caroline Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Caroline Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquieta) [version 5] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 5] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 5] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 5] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 5] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 5] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 5] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 5] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 5] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 5] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 5] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 5] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 5] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 5] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 5] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 5] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 5] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 5] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 5] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 5] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 3] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Island Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Caroline Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquietus) [version 4] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Collocalia inquieta |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Collocalia inquieta [version 2] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Collocalia inquieta [version 2] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Micronesian Swiftlet ( Collocalia inquieta) |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Micronesian Swiftlet ( Collocalia inquieta) |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Micronesian Swiftlet ( Aerodramus inquieta) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Aerodramus inquietus [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Aerodramus inquietus [version 5] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Aerodramus [inquietus, bartschi or pelewensis]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Catalan: Salangana de les illes Carolines
Czech: salangana karolinská, Salangana karolínská
Danish: Carolinasalangan, Carolinersalangan
German: Karolinen Salangane, Karolinensalangane
English: Caroline Islands Swiftlet, Caroline Swiftlet, Carolines Swiftlet, Guam Cave Swiftlet, Guam Swiftlet, Island Swiftlet, Micronesian Swiftlet
English, HBW: Caroline Swiftlet
English (IOC): Island Swiftlet
English (United States): Caroline Islands Swiftlet
Esperanto: Karolina apuseto
Spanish: Rabitojo Carolina, Salangana de las Carolinas
Spanish (Spain): Salangana de las Carolinas
Spanish (HBW): Caroline Islands Swiftlet
Estonian: karoliini salangaan
Finnish: Karoliiniensalangaani
French: Salangane des Carolines
Croatian: mikronezijska čiopica
Hungarian: karolina-szigeteki szalangána
Italian: Salangana delle Caroline, Salangana delle Isole Caroline, Salangana dI Micronesia
Japanese (romaji): karorinanatsubame, karorin'anatsubame
Japanese: カロリンアナツバメ
Scientific: Aerodramus inquieta, Aerodramus inquietus, Aerodramus inquietus inquietus, Collocalia inquieta, Collocalia inquietus, Collocalia nidifica, Cypselus inquietus
Lithuanian: Karolininis erodramas
Dutch: Carolinensalangaan
Norwegian Nynorsk: Karolinesalangan
Norwegian: Karolinesalangan
Polish: salangana mikronezyjska
Portuguese: salangana-das-carolinas
Portuguese (Portugal): andorinhão-das-carolinas
Russian: Каролинская салангана, Салангана гуамская
Slovak: salangána mikronézska
Serbian: Čiopica sa Karolinskih ostrva, Čiopica sa ostrva Karolina
Swedish: Karolinersalangan
Turkish: Caroline Adası yelyutanı
Ukrainian: Салангана каролінська
Chinese: 卡罗琳金丝燕
Chinese (Traditional): 加羅林金絲燕
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